The developer Andras Fabian informed us about his latest release: “The freeware / donationware scenery X-Plane 10 Tree Lines and Farms V2 has been released! The “X-Plane 10 tree lines and farms V2” scenery is the second version of an overlay add-on for X-Plane 10. It tries to add “visual…
The use of OpenStreetMap data for X-Plane add-ons definitely seems to be ‘taking off’, if you’ll pardon the pun. SceneryTechXP, through AWG Simulations, have now taken that to Africa, bringing the more accurate open source data set into use to provide either pure OSM data, or OSM + default autogen,…
The latest area to get AWG Simulations’ attentions, adding OpenStreetMap based autogen and features, is North America – although the detail for the pack states that it covers “United States of America (including Alaska), Canada, South America and Central America”. While the source data and tools used may well mean…
To X-Plane 10’s Finland now and Hyvinkää airport from Truscenery. The developers have gone the extra mile with this small scenery, laser measuring buildings to model and using photographic textures for maximum realism. The scenery requires Open Scenery X 2.0 to be installed, but because it uses OpenStreetMap to place…
Taburet’s attempts to overwrite X-Plane 10’s “plausible world” with autogen enhanced photoscenery continue with today’s release of Berlin for Laminar’s latest version of their simulator. According to the developer’s information, the scenery features “176094 buildings, 5557 forests, 274 objects and a photorealistic base coverage” with data for the latter provided…
If you click on the image to the left of this text, it will (hopefully, unless your browser objects) expand to show the current world coverage (as of 11/11) provided by Openstreetmap sourced FSX scenery “OpenVFR”. As part of this development cycle, the team’s spokesperson announces in a press release,…
As X-Plane goes version 9.69, the version 10 development keeps going. It will have a new world scenery database (OpenStreetMap OSM) far better for Europe, and even more detailed for USA. Add to this the database will be opened for users edits, to benefit to all other people.
Markus Freyt from Germany writes us “…… I’m very happy to let you know, that the website of the OpenVFR project (free VFR scenery for Microsoft Flightsimulator X) is now online. Visit us and see how much your flight simulator could be improved. You may also sign up for the…